poetry

Poetry Resources

For writing, not reading!

Beenleigh School
Another site with topics "Theory", "Genres", "Links" . Good site.
http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu.au/requested_sites/poetry/poetryindex.html

A great site for all Poetry is
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/IESE/Projects/RITS/Poetry/resources.html

And http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html - shows about all kinds.

Ezra Pound Couplets
eg
     A bicycle winding in and out of traffic
     A pilot fish in a school of sharks

     An acrobat dangling on a tightrope
     A spider hanging from a silken thread

http://www.zenitin.com/archive/EzraPoundCouplet-byzEn.txt and

This site lists lots of types of poetry and how to write them.
http://www.unit5.org/schumadj/schu_webs/poetrynotes.htm has a definition of Ezra Pound Couplets as well as other forms of poetry.

Trinity College W.A.
http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/english/poetry/

Limmericks
http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/english/poetry/lim.htm

Haiku
http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/english/poetry/haiku.htm

Poetry for Children Page
Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Centre (ISLMC) Poetry for Children page. The ISLMC is a meta-site designed for elementary and middle teachers, librarians, parents and students to preview selected WWW curriculum related sites.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poechild.htm
Has "Poetry in the Classroom", and "Forms of Poetry" sections as well as links.

Lots of links
http://www.42explore.com/poetry.htm

Celebrate poetry throughout the school year. Make poetry come alive in the library or in the classroom. Find children's poetry online, great poetry websites, online activities for children, and curriculum resources for educators.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listpoetrymr14.html

Great site. lots of resources.
http://www.tooter4kids.com/forms_of_poetry.htm

Kennesaw Uni. Fantastic site full of great links to all kinds of subjects. This one is Poetry.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/poetry.html

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